Black Americans, no more than white Americans, they do not want more government programs which perpetuate dependency. They don't want to be a colony in a nation.

In a flat choice between smoke and jobs, we're for jobs... But just keep me out of trouble on environmental issues.

I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle.

When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned.

Baseball is great because anything can happen through the ninth inning.

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

To the ordinary guy, all this is a bunch of gobbledygook. But out of the gobbledygook comes a very clear thing: you can't trust the government, you can't believe what they say, and you can't rely on their judgment.